Professor Andrea Diambra
BSc, MSc(Marche), PhD(Bristol)
Current positions
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Prof. Andrea Diambra is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at University of Bristol. His research work build upon soil behaviour studies to develop more efficient and sustainable solutions for a wide range of infrastructure including:
1) new geotechnical solutions for offshore energy systems;
2) development of novel ground improvements techniques.
His research uses an approach across the length scales involving a range of techniques from experimental element testing, constitutive modelling, numerical analyses and full-scale testing. He works closely with other disciplines including robotics, mechanical engineering, geography and fluids. Andrea enjoys working with industry to explore the application of research findings or to help solving practical industrial problems.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) - Improving foundation design in soft and hard rocks
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Offshore wind turbine requires robust and economic foundation technology. This project capitalises on recent research development in macro-element modelling and chalk characterisation and aims to address critical industrial needs for…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/06/2023 to 30/11/2023
ROBOCONE: intelligent robotic geotechnical characterisation for next generation site investigation and design
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/06/2022 to 31/05/2025
ROBOCONE: intelligent robotic geotechnical characterisation for next generation site investigation and design
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/06/2022 to 31/12/2025
Recycling of FRP wind blade waste material in concrete
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The increased UK investments in the wind energy sector will result in an upsurge in the fabrication of wind turbines. Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) wind turbines have a design life…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
31/01/2022 to 24/01/2025
Thesis supervisions
Hardening memory surface constitutive model for granular soils under cyclic loading conditions
Supervisors
Macro-element modelling of plate anchors for floating offshore structures accounting for capacity changes during operational conditions
Supervisors
3D FE-informed laboratory soil testing for the design of offshore wind turbine monopiles
Supervisors
Axial shear friction of pipe-soil systems
Supervisors
Mechanical Behaviour of Sand-Rubber Mixtures with Cementation as a Mitigation Option
Supervisors
Stability and Serviceability Driven Design for Excavations in Clays
Supervisors
Interface shear response of polypropylene pipe coatings and influencing pipe buckling using enhanced textures
Supervisors
Simplified Solutions for the Non-Linear Analysis of Axially and Laterally Loaded Piles in Clay
Supervisors
Change in elastic properties of sands under very large number of low amplitude multiaxial cyclic loading
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
08/06/2025Application of coupled hydro-mechanical CEL method for variable rate cone penetration analysis
Proceedings of ISFOG 2025
Effect of saturation conditions on thermal properties of sands
Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society
STUDYING SURFACE ROUGHNESS TO ENHANCE THE BOND PERFORMANCE OF RECYCLED FRP NEEDLES IN CONCRETE
ECCM21 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials
Development and Preliminary Testing of a New Robotic Tool for Direct Determination of ‘P-Y’ Soil Reaction Curves for Offshore Geotechnical Applications
Recycling of FRP Wind Blade Waste Material in Concrete
Thesis
Fibre reinforced sands : Experiments and constitutive modelling
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2010
Related people
Professor Erdin Ibraim
Professor of Experimental Geomechanics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor George Mylonakis
Chair in Geotechnics and Soil-Structure Interaction
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Matt Dietz
Senior Research Fellow
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Mr James Creasey
Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Mr Meiran Abdo
Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering